Posts by thelovelybones

I don't really like chocolate.

There. I said it. I do eat it occasionally, like once a month, maybe less and even then it's just a tiny bit. I really don't get how people can just eat an entire bar of chocolate in one go. Bleurgh.

Also, peas, tomatoes, mushrooms, curry, chilli, sweetcorn and celery.

I'm exactly the same. I hardly ever reach 1000 cals let alone 1200. I regularly have between 300-800 cals. The only times I ever get over 1000 are when I have a massive binge of junk,which doesn't happen very often (which is good because I totally freak out the day after and end up working out like crazy and not eating anything)

I mostly eat vegetables and fruit. I know I'm not getting enough protein but the calories in it freak me out. I hate to eat things that are more than 100 cals and all meat is.

I've tried really hard to get up to 1000 cals healthily but so far it hasn't worked. The nearest I've come is just over 900. I've tried the planning meals idea but I never stick to it because I keep looking at the packets and freaking out about the cals or the fat or the sugar content and then I can't eat it.

It's so frustrating because I WANT to be healthy and normal and lose weight like normal people do. It just seems virtually impossible for me.

Sorry, this hasn't given you any advice.....I suppose I just wanted to say that you're not alone in this problem.

I've had knee pain when exercising since I was a teenager. I was diagnosed with Osgood Schlatter Syndrome when I was younger. You're supposed to grow out of that but I was still getting pain when cycling and especially when running up until a year ago.

I used to put medical tape around the bottom of my knee for support, which did help. And then I heard about gait analysis.

There's a company that make trainers/sneakers (Whatever you call them) called Asics (www.asics.co.uk) and they tour the country doing gait analysis and recommend a specialist pair of trainers for you.

I thought I'd go along and give it a go as they were coming to where I live. They get you on a treadmill and film your feet whilst walking and running with your normal trainers on and then they show you what your feet/ankles/knees do as you hit the ground. I was told that I severely over pronate and that was putting extreme pressure on my knees. I was shocked when he played it back for me. It looked like my ankles were on the verge of snapping everytime I hit the ground my feet rolled over so much. The man was really nice and he actually recommended a pair of Nike trainers rather than his company's trainers as he thought the Nike ones would be much better for my knee pain. I bought them and since then I get hardly any pain. I don't have to strap my knees up anymore and I can run for at least 30 mins without feeling anything. I still get the odd twinge but nowhere as near as what I used to get.

I highly recommend going to have a gait analysis.

I belong to an Espota gym, which costs me £55 per month. They wanted £100 joining fee but I said I wasn't paying that so they reduced it to just a £20 admin fee. Included in the price is 3 initial sessions with a trainer, gym access, pool access, spa access and all classes. I worked out that I need to go at least 3 times a week to be cost effective, otherwise it's just a waste of money.

NAME:  TheLovelyBones

AGE:  26

DAILY CALORIE GOAL:  1000

WEIGHT LOSS GOAL OR MINI GOAL:  Lose 30lbs, reduce body fat to 15%

VITAMINS OR SUPPLEMENTS?  Multivitamin, primrose oil, hydroxycut

USUAL BREAKFAST: Weetabix/other cereal/fruit

USUAL LUNCH:  Soup, salad, sandwich (some combination of those), fresh veggies

FAVORITE SNACK FOODS (SWEET): Sugar free jelly, Low fat/sugar cereal bars, fruit, yoghurt

FAVORITE SNACK FOODS (NON-SWEET): Carrot sticks, Snack-a-jacks

FAVORITE LOW-CALORIE BEVERAGE: Water

FAVORITE LEAN PROTEINS: Tuna, Salmon, Swordfish, Chicken

FAVORITE LOW-CALORIE BREAD: I don't really eat low calorie bread. I have wholemeal pitta bread or rolls occasionally

FAVORITE LOW-CALORIE SALAD DRESSING: Don't eat salad dressing

FAVORITE SOUPS: WeightWatchers tomato & chicken soups, homemade watercress soup, homemade veggie soup

FAVORITE VEGGIES: Broccolli, cucumbers, cabbage, green beans, potatoes, onions, garlic, carrots, butternut squash, courgette, bean sprouts, leeks, peppers, lettuce, watercress, spring onion, beetroot

HATED VEGGIES: Peas, mushrooms

FAVORITE FRUITS: Melon, apples, bananas, blueberries, strawberries, grapes, cherries 

FAVORITE GRAIN: Oats

FAVORITE STARCH: Potatoes

FAVORITE EXERCISE: Treadmill, x-trainer, swimming, netball, dancing, boxing

FAVORITE LOW-CALORIE FOODS YOU WANT OTHERS TO KNOW ABOUT: Weetabx!

YOUR DIET MOTTO:  "Stop eating fatty!"